The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-11


cents per 100 pounds will hardly pay the e. & A.
to haul such distance. Then it would greatly
jeopardze their local rates under the rulings OF
the new law
William g. Mclaughlin, of Omaha. has in
vented chemical apparatus for heating railroad
passenger cars without the of fire. The APP
paratus consists of cylinder, two small reser-
voirs for chemicals, and pipes running through
the cars. The cylinder and reservoirs are to be
attached underneath the floor of the car. 1t is
arranged by means of valve that when the
car is elevated to angle of forty-fve degrees
the heat is entirely shut of.
The Canadians are aqueer lot in some respects.
They are going to arrest and punish for consplr-
acy some people who caused a decline in the
price of Canadian Pacific railroad securities by
causing to be sent out simultaneously from Mont
real. Ottawa and Toronto false reports concern
ing that railroad. Well, if all such offenders in
this and other countries were arrested and pun
Ished, 1t would be found necessary to greatly in
crease the number of courts and build many
new prisons
Announcement was made yesterday that the
joint Western classification committee has
taken the important action of establishing
double classification live stock In several
Western States the railways are forbidden by
law to limit their liability except as set forth IN
the official classification. To avoid this, two
ciassifcations have been made-one establishing
high rate when live stock is taken at carriers
risk, ard the other, much lower, when trans
ported at the owners risk. This will enable the
roads to meet the liability clause and arrange
their tariffs accordingly.
Alfred Suly, who is cutting so wide swath
as capitalist and purchaser of railroads, first
appeared in this role one of the purchasers or
the Peoria division of the l., B. & W., then of
the Central Iowa, and afterwards the Ohio
Southern. From these little beginnings he has
come to be the most prominent in railroad syn
manners and, while perfect gentleman, he
assumes no air of muortance, but in converse
ton shows shrewdness and comprehension of
business which at first impresses one that he is
a man of more than ordinary ability.
The full board of directors of the Wabash
Western railway is composed of the following
gentlemen: 0. d. Ashley, Edgar I. Wells y.
A. Hubbard. A. A. Talmage, e. II. Nichols, r.
A. Elmer, j. F. How, P. B. Wickoff and c. j.
Lawrence 1t is said to be the pc pose of the
directory to secure the Chicago division in the
near future, and ultimately the system east of
the Mississippi river as it stood when Judge
Gresham separated the lines, but no active eff
fort in that direction will be made until after
the decision in the case which was submitted to
| the court at St Louis is handed down.
| VIM McWood, superintendent of the car de-
| partment of the Grand Trunk. is building a
number of passenger cars at the Montreal shops,
| to be on through trains between Montreal
| and Chicago. Some of them combination
smoking and non-smoking, the dividing parti-
| tons being in the center. The inside finish is
| In plain, lght-colored woods. The outside is a
maroon color, like that of the standard coaches
| CT the Pennsylvania railroad. The cars are
| furnished with Forney seats In the combina-
| ton cars new departure has been taken in the
| location of the Baker heater. Instead of being
at one end. it is placed midway between the
ends, and inclosed in zirc box or casing so Sc
cured as to prevent the fire from escaping in
| case of accident.
At the works Of the Pullman Car Company, in
Pullman City, H., complete train of is
being built. This will be put on the Pensyl-
vania railroad about ten days from now, to run
| as the New York and Chicago limited There is
| no increase in the number of cars in the train.
| When it has its full complement it will contain
seepers. dining and drawing room and a
| smoker But instead of being made up of dis
tinct cars, with open platforms separating them,
| the train will be virtually one long The
| platforms will be rooted over to be weather
proof, aud also walled in with wooden part
| tions, much the mail cars are to-day. A lady
| will be able to walk from end to end of the
train without the least inconvenience or danger.
The appointments of the train in the way CT
furniture and decoration will, of course, be mag
| nifcent
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